It has often been my experience that political dramas can lack a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ in capturing the true turmoil of any particular body politic. Company One’s production of The Overwhelming, however, was an exceptional exception. The entire performance was tightly wound around an invisible, but palpable tension of something impending. Every element [...]
What a spectacular little gem of a show the Speakeasy Stage Company has bestowed upon us with their holiday offering, Reckless by Craig Lucas. Without a hint of irony, Reckless manages to offer true manifestations of holiday emotions, joy, thankfulness, forgiveness, fear, loneliness- all without being preachy or hokey. With colorful and imaginative set dressings [...]
It’s a time-honored tradition for the All American Male. Grab a few buddies, a trusty canine, a few beers, a bag of beef jerky, and head out into the woods for a guys only retreat. Craig Wright’s Lady is a peek into one such excursion- where childhood friends Kenny, Dyson and Graham, along with Kenny’s [...]
Speakeasy Stage Company starts of their 2009-2010 season with a bang, offering Evan Smith’s The Savannah Disputation. Part theology lesson, part situation comedy, Smith combines a cast of ridiculous but loveable characters with a somewhat serious subject matter- and the results are a delightful foray into the spiritual mind of four uniquely stubborn personalities. Smith’s [...]
One of the best things about new works is their infinite possibility to change and adapt. It was great to see the growth that was made in the encore of Company One and Phoenix Theatre Artist’s production of The Superheroine Monologues. I enjoyed the premiere of the piece earlier this year at The Boston Playwrights [...]
There is something so refreshing about a new work. An audience member has the opportunity to experience a production without any preconceived notion or bias. There is a certain honor that comes with being the first audience to put breath into a play- it is as if the audience has been charged with deciding what [...]
Call me a theatre snob, (no, really, go ahead, I’m still 60k in debt for my Master’s in Theatre, it is the least you can do) but there just aren’t a lot of opportunities for me to see shows in Boston that I have never seen or heard much about. That is why I jumped [...]